Acceptability of a new therapeutic horseback riding program and its impact on the functional capacity of older adults

Illness and dependence are not seen as inevitable consequences of old age. It is understood that there is a difference between chronological aging (passage of time), biological aging or senescence (increased sensitivity to aggressions from the internal and external environment) and senility (the pathological development of diseases) (Gordon and Hubbard, 2022; Traphagan, 2005). There is also social aging related to how people perform their functions in the environment in which they are inserted (Charles and Carstensen, 2010).

Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - March 29, 2024 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Edneia Corr êa de Mello, Edmar Lacerda Mendes, Octávio Barbosa Neto, Eros Spartalis, Maria Gorete de Araújo Crestana Tolentino, Christiane Maus Martins, Andressa Caroline dos Santos Ferreira, Fabiana Matias de Sousa Minelli, Carolina Patrícia Alves, E Source Type: research